Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: Influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-107

  Anderson, O R J ^a   Phillips, R A ^b   Shore, R F ^c   McGill, R A R ^d   McDonald, R A ^e   Bearhop, S ^a,f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Elements; Procellariiformes; South Georgia; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC LEVELS; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; N VALUE; PREY SELECTION; PROCELLARIIFORMES; RED BLOOD CELL; SOUTH GEORGIA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC POSITION;

ARSENIC; BLOOD; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION;

ECOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; URANIUM; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; CADMIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; GEORGIA; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 74449086579     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.040     Document Type: Article

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